Sat 12 August 2023: The confirmed death toll from this week’s wildfires in Maui has now reached 80, the Maui County government announced Friday at 9 p.m. HST (3 a.m. ET). “Firefighters continue working to extinguish flare-ups and contain fires in Lahaina, Pulehu/Kihei and Upcountry Maui,” the release said. “The number of fatalities is at 80.” There are […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Ukraine is considering cancelling its visa-free programme with Israel and will request the country be excluded from the so-called Ramstein meetings due to its “unfriendly actions towards Ukraine and pro-Russian position on the international arena”, Kyiv Post has reported, citing sources in Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (RNBO). The Ramstein […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Britain has removed migrants from a residential barge less than a week after they moved in, after Legionella bacteria was found in the water supply, the government said on Friday, Reuters reports. Britain had begun moving some migrants on to the large “Bibby Stockholm” barge on its southern coast at the beginning of the week as part of its […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Downgrading the credit rating of the United States. The White House lashes out at the ‘flawed assessment’ by Fitch Ratings, but what’s worrying the financial experts? Is the world’s biggest economy in trouble? Join host Sohail Rahman. With guests: William Lee – Chief Economist, Milken Institute. Einar Tangen – Senior Fellow, […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: If you’ve considered sending a sexy photo, you’re not alone: research shows that up to 15% of adolescents and 48% of adults have sent sexually explicit texts or images. There’s no shame in sending intimate photos to a partner, but it’s not without risk. If someone betrays your trust and shares them online […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Guillermo Lasso, the president of Ecuador, announced on Thursday that he has asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to help with the investigation into the assassination of a presidential contender. “I have asked the FBI for assistance in the investigation into the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio Valencia,” […]
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Fri 11 August 2023: Prisoners in Guantanamo Bay are detained unlawfully by the US government which denies them the right to fair trial, and fails to protect them from sexual, physical and psychological abuse, a lawyer said. Lawyer Anas Mustapha, who is in charge of the Guantanamo project of CAGE, a London-based non-governmental organization (NGO) that […]
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Thu 10 August 2023: British retail chain Wilko on Thursday announced it collapsed into administration after efforts to rescue hundreds of shops and thousands of jobs failed. The retail chain said that it has so far been unable to find enough investment to save its 400 shops and more than 12,000 jobs. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), considered […]
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Thu 10 August 2023: Rapidly spreading wildfires have claimed the lives of at least 36 people on the Hawaiian island of Maui, officials say. Strong winds from a far-off hurricane fueled the fires in the city of Lahaina, the island’s primary tourist attraction, resulting in the fatalities. At least 36 killed as wildfires tear through […]
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Investigators look into a damaged building in Moscow’s “Moscow City” commercial sector following an alleged drone strike, early Sunday, July 30, 2023. Thu 10 August 2023: Disclaimer: A number of claims and counterclaims are being made on the Ukraine-Russia conflict on the ground and online. While Independent Press takes utmost care to accurately report […]
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